Animated Picture to Improve Provider Adherence to CT Scan for Head Injury Rule

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Conditions studied: Minor Head Injury

In brief

It is difficult for Pediatric Emergency Department providers to recognize clinically significant head injuries that are likely to require neurosurgical intervention or close monitoring from those that can be safely discharged. Research Question How do a combination of education and an animated picture depicting the PECARN CT Head Injury rules impact compliance to these rules and reduce unnecessary head CT scans? Design This is a within subject, repeated measures study design.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01514071
Run by: Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
People needed: 746
Starts: 2012-02-01
Expected to finish: 2013-07-01
Last updated by the study team: 2013-07-31

Who can join

Age: any, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Patients presenting to Children's ED will be included if they:
Are between 0 and 18 years of age (inclusive)
Receive a discharge diagnosis of head injury
Present to the ED within 24 hours of the head injury
GCS of 14 or greater

You may not qualify if…

Patients will be excluded if they :
Had a CT scans done in an outside transferring institution
Have obvious penetrating head injuries
Had a trivial injury mechanisms such as ground-level falls or walking or running into stationary objects
Have no signs or symptoms of head trauma other than scalp abrasions and lacerations.
Have known brain tumors, pre-existing neurological disorders complicating assessment, ventricular shunts, bleeding disorders

Where it is running

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota — Twin Cities, Minnesota, United States

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